Two men have been arrested in connection with an early morning shooting that left a man critically injured in downtown Riverside earlier this month.
According to the Riverside Police Department, officers responded to reports of a shooting around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 5, 2025, in the 3900 block of Main Street. When they arrived, they found a man in his mid-20s suffering from a gunshot wound in a nearby parking lot. The victim was treated at the scene by firefighter-paramedics before being rushed to a local hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
Detectives with the Robbery-Homicide Unit launched an investigation and determined that the victim had been robbed in a nearby alley before being shot by two suspects who fled the scene. Over the following days, investigators identified the alleged shooters as 19-year-old Benjamin Boshae and 19-year-old Uriel Morales, both residents of Fontana.
On Thursday, October 9, with assistance from Riverside’s METRO and SWAT Teams, police executed search warrants at two Fontana residences and one in Bloomington. Both suspects were located at the Fontana addresses and taken into custody without incident.
Boshae was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on charges of attempted murder, robbery, and conspiracy, while Morales faces the same charges along with a parole violation. Both are being held on $1 million bail each.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about the case to contact Detective Nic Cantino at NCantino@RiversideCA.gov
or (951) 353-7104. Anonymous tips can also be submitted through the department’s “Atlas 1” mobile app.
Police continue to investigate the motive behind the shooting as the victim fights for his life.